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I know belgium for chocolate...though I grew out of that phaze when I was a kid...what is your biggest export?

Can't find a breakdown on that...or well I could but you should know...but I do find this amusing...now that is democracy in action isn't it

chief of state: King ALBERT II (since 9 August 1993); Heir Apparent Prince PHILIPPE, son of the monarch
head of government: Prime Minister Guy VERHOFSTADT (since 13 July 1999)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the monarch and approved by Parliament
elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch and then approved by Parliament

More than 40% of exports fall into just three product groups: transportation equipment, machinery and appliances, and chemical and pharmaceutical products. However, this lack of diversity is offset by the other 60% of exports which include a large number of products, some of which Belgium has become famous for: diamonds, carpets, cast glass, comic books and other children’s books, linen, beer and chocolate.

I don't know what the biggest is, I think carpets. About us having no elections, that is simply incorrect.

Originally posted by Simon666
I don't know what the biggest is, I think carpets.

Well that sucks I was gonna go the chocolate route, that would have been easier....but carpets...ok nevermind...we'll just do the chocolate thing....

So suppose....you export billions of dollars or import billions of dollars in cocoa leaves to help your economy....now, columbia is your biggest supplier (as is it the US's biggest supplier for other reasons we won't get into )

Now say hmm brazil says..hmm columbia is using cocoa fields that are ours..and invades columbia...now your economy is gonna go in the tank because of this...so you decide it's in your national security to kick brazil outta columbia, so you do, at great expense..but a savings for what disaster might have fallen...now because you spent all this money...you say hey you, columbia..you don't get to buy none of that stuff that makes boom boom...and columbia says...sure sure thing big fella, then proceeds to give you the finger for 12 years...you get tired of it and well.....columbia now has a guberment they elected instead of some dick-tator...but yea it's not a good example...I mean columbia is a republic and all, but I think you get the drift...right???

Originally posted by SolarFlare
I think red dwarves are stellar, if that's what you mean. It must be because they're so cool.

I had a red drawf once...the beard works great when your out of TP...but alas...he kept destroying things with that double bladed axe..had to drop him off at the red drawf pound for adoption....I still miss that drawf...